Prenatal exposure to hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and reproductive effects in a multicentre birth cohort in spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 770-776

  Basterrechea, Mikel ^a,b,c   Lertxundi, Aitana ^b,c,d   Iñiguez, Carmen ^b,e,f   Mendez, Michelle ^b,g   Murcia, Mario ^b,e   Mozo, Imanol ^b,d   Goñi, Fernando ^b,c,h   Grimalt, Joan ^b,i   Fernández, Marieta ^j   Guxens, Mònica ^b,g  

^a Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e Centre for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^h Laboratory of Public Health   (Spain)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Birth size; Gestation length; HCB; OCs; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIRTH SIZE; GESTATION LENGTH; HCB; OCS; PREGNANCY;

BODY FLUIDS;

FUNGICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

BIRTH RATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PREGNANCY; SERUM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882968632     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.053     Document Type: Article

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